Enugu Rangers have crashed out of the CAF Champions League at the round of 32 stage, despite a 2-1 win over Zamalek in the second leg of their tie, played at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium in Enugu.
The Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) champions, were seeking to overturn a 4-1 deficit from the first leg in Cairo, but failed to reach the money-spinning group stages.
Tope Olusesi opened scoring for Rangers in the 45th minute, but Basan Morsi equalized for the Egyptians.
Godwin Aguda made it 2-1 for the home side, but there were no more goals in the encounter.
Rangers will now drop to the play-offs for the CAF Confederation Cup.
Nigeria’s second representative, Rivers United, had on Saturday lost their second leg game against Sudan’s Al-Merreikh.
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